Free Tetris mini contest

unknown Wrote:Starts now, ends in 5 days from this post so thats about
22:20 on 30th Aug GMT.

good luck everyone!

Could have been fun to try, pity I saw it three days after the start. I should visit here more often.

About the copyright issue, I agree that "Tetris clone" is unnecessarily provocative. Making straight clones is not interesting, making interesting games inspired by another is fine, and there are many ways to make games where things are falling down.

I entered, but the forum was downl on Tuesday night and I've been out of the country with no internet access since then. My entry is at http://www.gerbilmedia.co.uk/SquareRain.app.zip (according to a scribbled note in my bag). (checked the link - it works).
It's still in a sort off beta state - don't press cmd-Q (sorry - I'll fix it - it seems to be a GLFW thing). I think it should work on Intel, but I've got no way to be sure.
I haven't written a help page yet, so briefly, try to arrange the blocks into lines of four the same colour. Longer lines get more points. The bricks are affected by gravity so they don't float around unsupported. The controls should be quite familiar. (Cursor keys, and press space to drop the block faster).
Enjoy.